species: Acropora secale in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Acropora secale


©Andy Lewis: Acropora secale

©Anne Hoggett: Acropora secale on the reef front between Bird and South Islands, Lizard Island Group. Identified by Dr Zoe Richards, who notes: "Chunky corymbose morphology, purple/blue/yellow colouration, some long radial corallites."

©Andy Lewis: Acropora secale

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hexacorallia
Order Scleractinia
Family Acroporidae
Genus Acropora
Species Acropora secale
Status near threatened

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References

  • Babcock, R.C., G.D. Bull, P.L. Harrison, A.J. Heyward, J.K. Oliver, C.C. Wallace and B.L. Willis (1986). Synchronous spawnings of 105 scleractinian coral species on the Great Barrier Reef, Marine Biology, 90: 379-394. LIRS catalog number 300.
  • Berumen, M.L. (2000). Influence of diet and habitat on the condition of butterflyfish, M.Sc. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 719.
  • Berumen, M.L. (2006). Influence of resource availability on life-history traits in coral-feeding butterflyfishes (Pisces: Chaetodontidae), Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Australia. LIRS catalog number 987.
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